Extract from ABC News
Anthony Albanese said it was "quite clear" Israel had breached international law in Gaza.
In short:
Anthony Albanese says Israel is "quite clearly" breaching international law by withholding aid from civilians in Gaza, adding that he would respect formal processes for determining any breaches but that the actions were also "a breach of decent humanity and morality".
The PM said Australia did not plan to recognise a Palestinian state "imminently" as France moved to do this week, but said he was open to doing so if there were appropriate guarantees about the viability of such a state.
What's next?
Parliament will resume next week with legislation for cheaper PBS medicines expected.
The PM says the decision to remove restrictions on US beef imports was made independently of government.
Mr Albanese also told Insiders US President Donald Trump had not asked for Australia to lift its restrictions on American imported beef, and that the decision to do so this week was made "independently of government".
"This has been a process that has been there for 10 years, the review process," he said.
"The agency that looked at this … this wasn't a political decision, they looked at it and said they have satisfied the requirements."
Earlier on Sunday, Trade Minister Don Farrell told Sky News Mr Trump had "of course" raised it with the prime minister but that he could not remember "off the top of [his] head" at which of the three phone calls between the leaders it was discussed.
But Mr Albanese said it was not raised on any call.
"Donald Trump did raise it at the so-called Liberation Day, of course, he raised it publicly. So his views were well known … [But] he wasn't aware that Australia was going to do that."
Parliament returns on Monday for the second consecutive week, with the government focused on the legislation it introduced last week to cut outstanding HELP loans by 20 per cent.
Mr Albanese said legislation to cut the price of PBS medicines, another election promise, would be introduced this week but there was no timeline for Labor's second attempt at passing its higher tax on superannuation earnings, leaving the door open to negotiating a shift on that policy.
"What we have done very clearly in the first fortnight is concentrate on measures that make a difference to people's money in their pocket, so we make no apology for that," he said.
"[Super legislation] will come in time … We have our position and of course, we'll deal with the Senate as we tried to last time."
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